{"nrhp_refnum":"01000417","name":"Weaving Room of Crossnore School","other_names":["Home Spun House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"205 Johnson Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Crossnore","county":"Avery County","state":"NC","lat":36.02385414500003,"lon":-81.93031614999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-04-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Other"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Rustic Revival-style river rock building at 205 Johnson Lane in Crossnore, Avery County, North Carolina, built in 1936 by local craftsmen on the Crossnore School campus. It houses a hand weaving production center and retail store, also called Homespun House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A as the only production center of its kind still operating in North Carolina, representing the southeastern handicraft revival that gave employment and education to mountain women and children. Under Criterion C, it is a local example of Rustic Revival architecture using river rock, chestnut lumber and chestnut bark.","narrative":"Built in 1936 on the Crossnore School campus in Avery County, North Carolina, this small river rock building houses a weaving program that began in 1920. It replaced a log structure destroyed by fire in 1935. Local craftsmen and schoolchildren hauled stone from the Linville River, and lumber came from diseased chestnut trees. The building has a tall side gable roof, projecting wings, chestnut bark shingles and an angel figure set in the rock facade. A 1986 board-and-batten addition holds looms for fifteen weavers. Inside, wormy chestnut boards and exposed pine beams remain. The weaving program followed Berea College's model and grew into part of the Appalachian craft revival, providing work and training for mountain women and students and selling directly to buyers. It is described as the only production center of its kind still operating in North Carolina. Its Rustic Revival design echoes other local rockwork, including a church from 1926 and a hospital from 1928.","period_of_significance":"1936-1951","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Rustic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a weaving production center and store; a rear addition was built in 1986 and two upstairs apartments house school employees.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.410417-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/7189/47718989/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/01000417.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718989","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving_Room_of_Crossnore_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159184"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/avery-county/weaving-room-of-crossnore-school-01000417/"}